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US 9,319,311 B2Granted
System and method for a context layer switch
AssigneeFuturewei Technologies, Inc.
InventorsGuo Qiang Wang, Wen Tong
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Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, a network device has an input port for receiving input packets, and an output port for sending output packets, where the input packets and output packets have context layer information. The network device also includes a processor configured to process the input packets and output packets using a network protocol having a context layer.
Claims23
A system for Context Label Switching comprising:
- a network device including a context label layer for managing a context label for each content chunk, the context label comprising at least one of interested content information, location information, time stamp information, security information, and user ID information, the user ID information including a consumer ID, a supplier ID, and a device ID, wherein the context label layer comprises:
- a routing plane configured to determine a routing path for content chunk in accordance with the context label;
- a service plane configured to process the content chunk;
- and
- a cache plane configured to store and manage the content chunk in association with the context label.
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A system for Context Label Switching comprising:
- a network device including a context label layer for managing a context label for each content chunk, the context label comprising at least one of user ID information, interested content information, location information, time stamp information, and security information, wherein the time stamp information comprises a time stamp when the content chunk is requested, a time stamp when the content chunk is to be provided, and an indication as to how long the content chunk can exist in the system, wherein the context label layer comprises:
- a routing plane configured to determine a routing path for content chunk in accordance with the context label;
- a service plane configured to process the content chunk;
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- a cache plane configured to store and manage the content chunk in association with the context label.
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A method for Context Label Switching comprising
- determining, by a routing plane of a context label layer, a routing path for a content chunk in accordance with a context label, the context label being managed by the context label layer and comprising at least one of interested content information, location information, time stamp information, security information, and user ID information, the user ID information including a consumer ID, a supplier ID, and a device ID, wherein the context label layer performs:
- processing, by a service plane of the context label layer, the content chunk, and
- storing and managing, by a cache plane of the context label layer, the content chunk in association with the context label.
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